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Re: newgrp

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From: Peter Stephenson <pws@xxxxxx>
To: David Chamont <chamont@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, zsh-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (Zsh users list)
Subject: Re: newgrp
Date: Thu, 12 Dec 1996 11:17:26 +0100
In-reply-to: "David Chamont"'s message of "Thu, 12 Dec 1996 10:59:53 MET." <32AFD799.7407@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

> Wether with the above function, or with the alias proposed in the FAQ,
> I always finally receive the message "zsh: newgrp not found",
> since there is no newgrp command available.

aha --- most systems have an external command newgrp available which
seems to be missing there.  zsh does have some mechanism for changing
the group by altering $GID, but the way it's set up it's only usable by
the superuser, as far as I can tell.

This seems to be a fatal flaw --- anybody else any suggestions?

(P.S.: note new spelling of Deutsches and Elektronen.  Sorry.)

-- 
Peter Stephenson <pws@xxxxxx>       Tel: +49 33762 77366
WWW:  http://www.ifh.de/~pws/       Fax: +49 33762 77413
Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron --- Institut fuer Hochenergiephysik Zeuthen
DESY-IfH, 15735 Zeuthen, Germany.

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